Long and short vowel

#1 05-Feb-2004, 01:35

How can you tell the first vowel of a word is long or short? Say for example, "famous" and "clever". I have a hard time to figure that out.

**Tdol** · #2 05-Feb-2004, 10:31

We often only know from hearing it or using the dictionary. English spelling and pronunciation have a rather difficult relationship.

**RonBee** · #3 05-Feb-2004, 14:25

Thanks, Tdol. I guess I'll stop trying to figure out what the answer is.

:wink:

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